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Hungry Hungry Herd is the latest variation on the classic Hungry Hungry Hippos game. Centered around the Farmville craze, instead of hungry hippos, we now have a hungry cow, horse, sheep and pig. Instead of just white marbles, we now have yellow corn, purple grapes, orange pumpkins and red apples.

For a child who has never played Hungry Hungry Hippos before, they will have the same amount of fun as if they were all hippos. For parents or fans of Farmville, you might be interested in the included $50 Farmville cash. After checking out the price on Facebook though, it’s only worth between $1 and $10.

Other than the paint job and the hippos being replaced with different animals, there is nothing different about this game. So, why would you buy this version verses Hungry Hungry Hippos? Well, for me, I like the paint job on the Farmville edition better. I can also see where the included Farmville cash could be a selling point. I don’t play the game myself, but it’s something for “free” that I could give to a friend.

Farmville Animal Games: Memory \ Image: Hasbro

For the same price (or cheaper on Amazon) as Hungry Hungry Hippos, you can purchase Hungry Hungry Herd and get $50 Farmville cash. So, if your child is more into farm animals than hippos or if you are a fan of Farmville (or know someone who is), this game is for you. If you already have Hungry Hungry Hippos, feel free to not rush out and replace it with this one.

On top of the release of Hungry Hungry Herd, Hasbro has also released a series of card games that come complete with an animal counterpart case. The games themselves are pretty simple (Memory, Old Maid and Go Fish) and like Hungry Hungry Herd, they also come with $20 in Farmville cash. The games are recommended for ages four and up and can accommodate two to four players each.

Jedi Noah Larkin was a very special boy to my 501st Legion garrison. We had the honor of helping him celebrate his birthday last year and this year, we helped honor him at this memorial service in Kissimmee, Florida.

Noah was a happy little boy who was perplexed that people would not do something to the fullest. He wanted to be the next Walt Disney or George Lucas because they “just did!” His battle with brain cancer lasted from October 29th, 2009 and ended when Noah moved on to his eternal home at 4pm on May 29th, 2012.

Noah’s life touched many of us in the Florida Garrison and his memory continues to live on through the foundation his parents set up in his name to help raise money and awareness for children’s brain and spinal tumors.

Like many charities, Noah’s Light Foundation needs a boost. Chase is currently giving away $5 million in grants to charity through voting on their Facebook page. It just so happens that voting ends on what would have been Noah’s ninth birthday. Personally, I can’t think of a better birthday present for such an inspiring and loved little boy.

My father was a good photographer. One of the few not-so-frugal purchases he made was a decent 35mm camera. He carefully doled out pictures as he documented holidays, birthdays, and vacations. That caution ended once grandchildren arrived. Entire rolls of film were devoted to getting a good shot of a toddler picking green beans in grandpa’s garden. The benefits of digital cameras didn’t entice him. He was getting his money’s worth out of a 40-year-old camera.

Now that my parents are gone, my siblings and I are left with a bounty of these images. We have 17 containers of slides and countless boxes of photos, most carefully saved with negatives. We agreed to scan and share them but the prospect is daunting.

That’s why I jumped at the chance to receive a review model of Ion’s PICS2SD. This surprisingly compact, lightweight unit doesn’t need a computer to work. It scans prints, slides, and negatives directly onto an SD card or, if preferred, can be connected to a Mac or PC.

We all survived our teen years. Well, some of us are still in recovery.

Even if you were so confident you smiled with braces on your teeth and let your geekalicious interests be known, chances are you still looked around to see what made other teens popular. There have always been plenty of examples in the movies.